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Scientific Name: Mystus armatus (Day, 1865)
English Name: Kerala mystus
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: planetcatfish.com
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Description:
The fish has an elongated and compressed body with a depressed head and large gill openings. The mouth is terminal with the upper jaw being longer. The dorsal fin is shorter than the head, and the adipose fin is larger than the anal fin. The caudal fin is deeply forked with equal lobes. It has four pairs of barbels and ten branchiostegal rays. The body is dark above and lighter brown below, with a narrow dark band along the lateral line and a round black spot at the middle of the caudal peduncle. Fin formula: D. I/7; P1. I/9; P2.I/5; A. 10-11
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Abundant in the estuaries and tidal rivers of Bangladesh as well as in the Bay of Bengal. Adults hide under rocks and boulders in swift-flowing clear water hill streams.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (Demersal)
Main References:
Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.
Other References:
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. MM (eds.) 2007 Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 300 pp.
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